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...explosion came when we were on Williams Street. I saw the jet coming at the last second, and kept walking east up to midtown where I am now. Here?s what I keep thinking about now: What if we had just stood around at the bottom? What if we hadn't hauled ass out of there? My friend Andy was the hero who led the charge down the steps...
...they could see only a few feet in front of them, even with flashlights. They felt their way along the walls and windows to get out. "The building just blew," says Bill Faulkner, 53, a Vietnam veteran who was part of the group. "I would be dead if I hadn't jumped behind a pillar." Another court officer, Ed Kennedy, who also hid behind the pillar, says he grabbed the arm of a woman in an effort to pull her behind the pillar with him. But he didn't grab her fast enough. Suddenly he realized he was holding just...
...some relished what seemed to be ringside seats at the revolution, others were more skeptical. They wanted to know why Global Exchange hadn't scheduled briefings with Mexican government officials, to hear from those who see indigenous demands as a threat to Mexican unity, for example. Ryan Zinn, the trip leader, said government representatives have declined to meet with reality tours and that the group is not set up to satisfy the complex visa requirements for official delegations. Meanwhile, not every event got the thumbs-up. At the end of the trip, eyes glazed over during a two-hour harangue...
...Irwin admits that FLW's fortunes might be different if he hadn't landed the whale: he persuaded Lee Scott, now CEO of the cautious but deep-pocketed Wal-Mart, to make the retailer FLW's marquee sponsor. "I said, 'Lee, we've got a program that is absolutely your customer,'" recalls Jacobs. "He said, 'Look, we don't do those kinds of things.'" They...
...some relished what seemed to be ringside seats at the revolution, others were more skeptical. They wanted to know why Global Exchange hadn't scheduled briefings with Mexican-government officials, to hear from those who see indigenous demands as a threat to Mexican unity, for example. Ryan Zinn, the trip leader, said government representatives have declined to meet with reality tours and that the group is not set up to satisfy the complex visa requirements for official delegations. Meanwhile, not every event got the thumbs-up. At the end of the trip, eyes glazed over during a two-hour harangue...